Professional Development Among Preschool Teachers: Meta-Conversations About Peer Counseling
Hege Fimreite,
Øyvind Glosvik
Abstract:This article aims to analyze discourse about professional development in preschool, represented by knowledge movements in meta-conversations about peer counseling. Empirically, this article presents a case study based on audio recordings of focus group discussions on peer counseling. The underlying study highlights findings in the form of various speech acts as markers for central discourse among preschool teachers. Habermas’ theory of communicative action is used as a framework for analyzing the preschool tea… Show more
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